Given name & surname
Michail
“who is like God?”
Michail is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Michail is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Michail is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michail through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 589
- 589 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 815 as a first name in 2020; 233 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Michail’s family of names
Michail has a related form in Michael. In German usage, Michail has a related form in Mika. In Greek usage, Michail is a transliteration of Μηχαήλ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Michail has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Miguelequivalent
- Mikaelequivalent
- Mikhailequivalent
- Mikkoequivalent
- Michalequivalent
- Mikailequivalent
- Michelequivalent
- Micheleequivalent
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- Mykhailoequivalent
- Mitchelequivalent
- Mihaiequivalent
- Mayconequivalent
- Mykolasequivalent
- Miquelequivalent
- Michielequivalent
- Mihaelequivalent
- Mihkelequivalent
- Michałequivalent
- Михайлоequivalent
- Міхаілequivalent
- Michasequivalent
- Mickaëlequivalent
- Michaëlequivalent
- Mihályequivalent
- Михаилequivalent
- Mikaeloequivalent
- Mihangelequivalent
- Mikhaïlequivalent
People named Michail
- Michael VIII Palaiologosfounder of the Palaiologan dynasty (1224–1282)
- Michail AntonioJamaican-English association football player (born 1990)
- Michail StasinopoulosGreek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic (1903–2002)
- Michael II Komnenos Doukasdespot of Epirus1205–1268
- Michael BramosGreek basketball player (born 1987)
- Mihail GanevBulgarian wrestlerborn 1985
- Michael Palaiologosson of Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos1350–1370
- Michael Palaiologos DoukasByzantine general
- Mihail MikovBulgarian politician from the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP)born 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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